Gate-hinge.



No. 894,44n2.4 'i PATENTED J'ULYQS,` 1908. F. W. KALSUW.

GATE HINGE. APPLIGATION F'IL/E'D MAY'24. 1907.

g UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

FREDERICK W. yxALsovv, '0E MANsoN, IOWA.

GATE-HINGE. y

No. 894,442. p

To all whom it may concern.'V i j y Be it known that I, `F`I LEDE`RI ox W.' KAL- sow, a citizen of the United States`r`esiding at Manson, in the countyof" Calhoungand yState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GratefHinges, of which the following is a specification.`

My invention relatesto a new anduseful farm gate, and particularly `contemplatesthe provision of a` hinge therefor comprising means whereby the gate may be automatically closed after being opened.

My invention further resides in the following features of construction, arrangement and operation as will be hereinafter described with reference tothe accompanying ,drawf ings, in which, Y

Figure 1 is an elevation `of apgatecon-"- structed and provided with `my improved hinge to operate in accordance withmyfin f vention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation V partly in section of a gate hinge andits connections which coperatewith the gate to` close the same. v y i K, y

' In the practical embodiment of my inven-` tion I provide a standards 1 and 2,

ards 1 and 2. The standards 1 and2 are further connected by a plurality of brace rods4,

extending therebetween above and below the beam 3, and hingedly connected between said standards. Bythis construction it will be seen that either of the standards 1 or 2 may be moved up or down with relation to the other, the connections therebetween moving in synchronism.

My improved coperating hinge comprises a socket ortion 5 at the outer end of its stem 6, bolte through the fence post A, said socket portion being provided with upwardly curved Vedges 7, upon which the roller 8,

mounted within the ball portion 9, is` adapted p f Specicationof Letters Patent. p i 'Appiicaeonnleanayea1907. serialNo. 375,506.

11 bolted through the gate standard 1.

ball portion 9, and adapted to giate comprising the ,end y aving `a central connect" ing beam 3 hinged at its ends to saidstand-.

Patented July 2s, 1908.

totravel when the gate is o ened. The ball portion 9 has mounted t erein a second roller 10, and extends upon the end of a stlelrln e gate standard 1 is independently hinged to ythe fence post A by means of the hinges 12 and 13, the hinge 12 at the lower end having aloosepin connection, and the hinge 13 at theupper end having a stem 14 extending' therethrough, and ydownwardly through the ball and socket hinge previously described, said stern 14 having a collar 15 rigidly secured thereto, and having a strong coil spring 16 arranged ybetween said collar 15 and the press said ball portion 9 tightly within the soc (et portion 5.

Ihe gate by reason of its peculiar construction will thus be returned to-a closed position I "after, opening by means of my improved hinge, the upper end of the stem 14 being connectedby a diagonal brace rod 22 to the beam 3 adjacent its forward end. Having thus fully describedmy invention I claim: f

u In a gate hinge of the character described, l the combination with the gate and its post, of `a stationary socket member carried byvsaid post and having upwardly curved edges adjacent said socket, a movable portion carried `by'said gate and having a bali adapted to fit vwithin said socket portion, a stationary rod 

